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  1. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    I pulled the two in the engine compartment in the fuse box next to the battery. Both had the gas pump symbol. One is a relay and the other is a fuse.
  2. RoverTide

    Chasing an HVAC issue and I need some help here...

    Not sure if a bad expansion valve would cause a leak in the evap. But before I took the dash apart, I would make damn sure the issue was one of those two parts. I think I would at a minimum, confirm there are no leaks in any of the accessible plumbing (spraying soapy water?), and have someone...
  3. RoverTide

    New engine noise

    I can't imagine it went 40k without an oil change. I would assume there was at least one in that time period that wasn't reported to carfax. Certainly, none of the DIY work on my cars will be reported to carfax.
  4. RoverTide

    Chasing an HVAC issue and I need some help here...

    It could just be a blend door issue. From limited experience with replacing blend door motors, I believe if the blend door that closes the heater core off when the ac is on, doesn't close all the way, then you will get heat mixed with the cold air. I had this issue on an F150 and a Suburban...
  5. RoverTide

    New engine noise

    There is a definite difference between the two videos. Strange (but good) that it seems to have gone away. Now you will be even more hypersensitive to engine noises everytime you start it up. Rover paranoia is brutal.
  6. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Didn't realize that should/could be checked with a compression test, but can do that today. I did a dry test, no oil. So, let me get this straight... Spray some oil in them, run the compression test again, and see how fast the pressure leaks down? Am I seeing how much pressure is lost over...
  7. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Wanted to post the compression test results and see if any of you have some thoughts on whats going on. This was done on a cold engine with the throttle plate closed. Overall, the compression doesn't look too bad. Cylinder 4 is the somewhat of an outlier at 158 psi, still not completely out...
  8. RoverTide

    Chasing an HVAC issue and I need some help here...

    Have you pulled a vacuum on the system to see if it holds? The only other thing I can think of is that your blower/blend doors are not functioning properly, or intermittently. Have you seen any codes for those? I'm not sure moisture from the cowl issue would cause any corrosion issues... the...
  9. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Legit question... and my logic is basically that if the head has a crack and no coolant has degraded the oil, then it is less likely that there are deeper engine problems caused by the engine running with degraded oil. This helps me rationalize the idea of repairing the engine instead of...
  10. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Thats good to hear. Curious where you are seeing those prices. I was looking around and most remans were between $10-13K for the engine only. As an update... I extracted some oil yesterday, and there doesn't seem to be any coolant in it. i.e. its not milky... looks like regular oil...
  11. RoverTide

    Can't get into Extended mode

    Yes, this. @txfromwi has a highly detailed video explaining it:
  12. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Yeah... I had a feeling this might happen at some point, but was hoping to get a few more years out of it before I put it out to pasture. Its such a beautiful vehicle. It never over-heated on me, always ran great. However, I bought it knowing it previously had an engine failure, which was...
  13. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    The results are in... exhaust gas test turned yellow pretty quick. I'm not happy. Looking for next steps to determine solution. I assume a compression test is in order, but hoping you guys can help me get a game plan together, as i may be out of my league on this one.
  14. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Nightmare scenarios are head gasket and cracked block/head, for sure. I am just curious if I should perform the exhaust gas test or flush coolant to eliminate a potential air pocket issue first. What's strange is, when I started it up this morning, there was zero vapor cloud, with similar...
  15. RoverTide

    LR4 - Coolant Under Pressure When Cold

    Reviving this thread... I started the engine this morning and a large cloud of white smoke/vapor blew out of the exhaust pipes. That never happened before and it dissipated pretty quickly, so its not oil, and it stopped emitting any vapor at all after about 30 seconds. I have noticed that the...
  16. RoverTide

    Going to be a fun weekend baselining all fluids and filters

    Same here... Also, your LR4 looks a lot like one that hit BaT the other day... https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2012-land-rover-lr4-19/ Edit: Didn't realize the silver grille surround was part of the limited edition package. Have not seen that before.
  17. RoverTide

    Pulling injectors for valve cover gasket, can I avoid it?

    I had a dealer tell me that my valve cover and vacuum booster were leaking oil. They wanted $5k to fix.. Turns out the oil filter cap wasn't screwed on tight enough and oil was leaking down the front of the engine. Dealerships just aren't incentivized to spend the time necessary to truly...
  18. RoverTide

    2015 Land Rover LR4 HSE- Thinking about buying, does the engine sound right? https://youtu.be/wqjUb-qWbxE

    Interesting... Based on those three items, it looks like the cylinder head has been removed.. The question is, why? and by whom?
  19. RoverTide

    2015 LR4 SCV6 Gas Mileage

    There is that... Sadly, I can't argue with you. Just waiting for the kids to graduate high school.
  20. RoverTide

    2015 LR4 SCV6 Gas Mileage

    So funny... I don't know what it is about the inability to apply logic when fueling up, but we all occasionally do some strange things thinking we are "winning" by saving a few cents a gallon, when we really aren't. I still catch myself doing it every now and then out of principle.... I'm...
  21. RoverTide

    ftillier's maintenance history

    Nice. I keep the same spreadsheet for mine, however, I deliberately chose not to include a cost column. I'm happier that way.
  22. RoverTide

    LR4 Transmission Fluid Change: Pan Swap Option

    Unfortunately, I do not know the torque specs. But, I do know that I will be looking forward to one of your highly detailed videos on this procedure.
  23. RoverTide

    Road Trip, now have CEL with P0420

    Ok, I took it for a quick spin tonight to autozone and grabbed a bottle of Cataclean. After a bunch of research, I figured, what the hell... Poured it in the tank (had about 1/8th of a tank of gas), and within 2 miles, the CEL went off. Not even kidding. Drove for another 20 minutes, pretty...
  24. RoverTide

    Road Trip, now have CEL with P0420

    Possibly an injector... No misfires, but would I be able to tell if there is an injector problem using the GAP tool? O2 sensors are OEM, and I just cleaned the MAF's and MAP.
  25. RoverTide

    Road Trip, now have CEL with P0420

    Thanks @djkaosone. I'll give a smoke test a try. Curious, what the fix was for yours, and how did you access that area to fix it? The fuel trims seemed ok, +/- 3% for the most part, but I probably need to better educate myself on what is normal vs. abnormal and pay closer attention to any...

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